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London’s Suburbia

"Rather than some authentic, uncomplicated, unplanned response to ordinary people's desires, London's suburbia was the product of both planning and speculation, heavily mediated, and marketed using an impressive degree of subterfuge." - Owen Hatherley ...

From JOANNE MCNEIL, Tomorrow Museum,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University,  Arne Duncan,  Twitter Inc,  TED

Why an Xbox 360 game uses Gary Jules’s Tears for Fears cover in its commercial

Darryl Campbell's post on The Bygone Bureau starts with his memory of his preschool teacher wheeling in a TV to watch the reunification of Germany. This is something I've been thinking about since we've been so lucky to watch extraordinary archival ...

From JOANNE MCNEIL, Tomorrow Museum,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Arne Duncan

Robert Pattinson doesn’t know what Bing is

Darryl Campbell's post on The Bygone Bureau starts with his memory of his preschool teacher wheeling in a TV to watch the reunification of Germany. This is something I've been thinking about since we've been so lucky to watch extraordinary archival ...

From JOANNE MCNEIL, Tomorrow Museum,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Robert Pattinson,  Arne Duncan

Book Futurist Meetup in Boston 11/19

Hi everyone. I'm having a small meetup this Thursday to discuss the future of the book. Please come to Noir at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square at 7. More info Darryl Campbell's post on The Bygone Bureau starts with his memory of his preschool ...

From JOANNE MCNEIL, Tomorrow Museum,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University,  Arne Duncan,  Twitter Inc,  TED,  New York Times Company

Twitter Copywriters and the l33terati

Today on the internet, or, if you had access to my google history, I’m trying to figure out the origin of the “If you lived here, you’d be home now” sign. The kind that 80s development utilitarian high rises in the fartherst corners of the city limits ...

From JOANNE MCNEIL, Tomorrow Museum,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Kevin Bacon,  Massachusetts General Hospital,  Google Inc.,  New York Times Company

Did Your Teacher Talk About the Berlin Wall?

Darryl Campbell's post on The Bygone Bureau starts with his memory of his preschool teacher wheeling in a TV to watch the reunification of Germany. This is something I've been thinking about since we've been so lucky to watch extraordinary archival ...

From JOANNE MCNEIL, Tomorrow Museum,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Twitter Inc,  Arne Duncan,  TED,  Sam Tanenhaus

Duplicate Array

Here's a great post on what the listing feature means for Twitter -- the coming "curatorial economy." (via.) For me, it means the most time on the site I've spent since the election. I've set up a few lists, and two in particular I check multiple times ...

From JOANNE MCNEIL, Tomorrow Museum,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Twitter Inc,  TED,  Sam Tanenhaus,  Random House Inc

What’s the Role of the Past in Fashioning the Future?

One of the better talks at Frieze with Owen Hatherley, Matthew Brannon, and Dan Fox. No one voice is as valuable to books right now as Jessa Crispin's: "The New York Times is a gatekeeper, absolutely. And for someone who has so much control over the ...

From JOANNE MCNEIL, Tomorrow Museum,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Sam Tanenhaus,  Random House Inc,  Dan Hill,  Alain de Botton

Dan Hill reviews A Week at the Airport, by Alain de Botton

Dan Hill reviews Alain de Botton's book about his residency at Heathrow Airport: "A central theme is the (accurate, I think) impression that few industries are as “vulnerable to disaster” as commercial aviation, but that this leads essentially to a ...

From JOANNE MCNEIL, Tomorrow Museum,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Dan Hill,  Alain de Botton,  Washington Post Company,  Twitter Inc,  Michael Haneke

n+1 on Scribd

I seem to be a particularly ideal audience for Antichrist, described once by a Cannes blogger as a hybrid of Scenes from a Marriage and Saw (two movies I really like for -- clearly -- very different reasons.) Plus the lead actress looks enough like me ...

From JOANNE MCNEIL, Tomorrow Museum,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Michael Haneke,  Ingmar Bergman

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